SAP Quality Awards

The submission period for 2017 nominations is now open. Please check the timeline for closing dates in the market units. SAP customers must submit their nomination online to be eligible.

• Complete the questionnaire in English.
  
• Submit your nomination online (Service Marketplace login required).
  
• Access your 2017 draft or submitted nomination.
• Watch this short tutorial to find out how to complete and submit a nomination.

After nomination period closure, shortlisted customers will be invited to present their project in a 45 minute webcast session to an independent judging panel.
In Europe, Middle East and Africa once the local winners are found, the Gold winners automatically qualify for the regional program. The award finalists present their projects to a regional external judging panel who select the overall regional winners across Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Find out which of the award categories best fits your implementation profile.

All SAP customers with successful implementations of any SAP product can submit a nomination for the SAP Quality Awards as long as they have gone live and been in productive use between two and eighteen months prior to submission.  The project size, duration and effort as well as the solution(s) in scope should be considered in order to determine the most appropriate category.

Fast Delivery Category

Two of the three criteria should be met in order to apply in this category:

• There are fewer than 600 users, including self-service users, on the system.
• The project lasted 7 calendar months or less from kickoff to first significant go-live.
• The estimated implementation effort for the project used fewer than 1000 person days, including external consulting days and the customer's time (excluding time for end-user training).*

Business Transformation Category

Two of the three criteria should be met in order to apply in this category:

• There are more than 500 users, including self-service users, on the system.
• The project lasted 6 calendar months or more from kickoff to first significant go-live.
• The estimated implementation effort for the project used more than 900 person days, including external consulting days and the customer's time (excluding time for end-user training).*

Innovation Category

For projects where one or more of the following is an essential part of the nominated project:

• Digital Core S/4HANA
• SAP Cloud Portfolio: Customer Experience, Supplier Collaboration, Workforce Engagement
• Internet of Things and Big Data
• Other innovation projects in line with the SAP strategy can be accepted at the discretion of Active Quality Management.

* Estimated Effort Sample Calculations: This metric is calculated by multiplying the number of implementation days by the number of full-time equivalent resources. Examples: 

• An implementation with a 3-month duration using 3 full-time and 4 half-time resources: (3 x 20 working days) x [(3 people x 100%) + (4 people x 50%)] = 300 person days 
• An implementation with a 9-month duration using 6 full-time and 8 half-time resources: (9 x 20 working days) x ([6 people x 100%] + [8 people x 50%]) = 1,800 person days

If your organization is based in or has been served by one of the following SAP market units / geographies, you can apply for the SAP Quality Awards.

Questions on which market unit to apply in? Send us an email.

The nomination period for 2017 is now open and key dates for each SAP market unit are listed below. Once the submission period is closed in an SAP market unit, the shortlisted candidates are contacted to schedule a 45 minute webcast of the project with a judging panel which, together with the completed nomination form, will be evaluated to determine the winners.

When all 2017 SAP market unit winners in Europe, Middle East and Africa have been announced, the Gold winners will automatically proceed to the regional SAP Quality Awards. Shortlisting among the Gold winners will take place in January 2018 and the finalists will present to an external judging panel in February 2018. The regional winners will be invited to attend the regional award ceremony in Q2 2018.